Cracking ideafrom Bonnyrigg teenager

Elliot Comnene's design concept wins approval from Baroness Wilcox, the minister for intellectual property, and top inventors Wallace and Gromit.

Published:15:00Thursday 28 June 2012

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A MIDLOTHIAN teenager’s inventive mind has helped him scoop a top design prize.

A contraption devised by Elliot Comnene, from Bonnyrigg, won the UK prize for the 12-16 age group in the Cracking Ideas competition, run by the Intellectual Property Office in collaboration with Aardman Animations.

The 13-year-old, a pupil at Beeslack Community High School in Penicuik, was one of three winners chosen from more than 4000 entrants.